https://twitchinkitten.com/ Mon, 11 May 2026 10:02:49 +0000 MyBB https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2220.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:24:06 -0500 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2220.html Every once in awhile I get the Popcorn Park Zoo and Animal Sanctuary newsletter. Mostly it's full of heart wrenching photos and stories of animals that made it their care and some of the other shelters they're associated with. I always say, "Shit, not another one of these! I can't look inside." But I do anyway. It's full of info on legislation locally, nationwide and international. The purpose is to try to get the animals in the booklet adopted but they show some key legislation that passed regarding animals. This story of China struck me because I've seen how they kill animals for consumption. 20 years ago and the images still haunt me as if I saw it the first time. I'll never forget that. I hope they pass this and can enforce this and that the practice wanes from here too. Too many Chinese restaurants are found to be serving or storing dead cats to this day. I'm always suspect of the pork.

From the booklet:

Legislation has been introduced to ban the custom of eating dogs and cats and it is making it's way through the Chinese government since early 2010. This law would be the first of its kind in this country's history. Anyone caught eating this meat would face a fine and up to 15 days in jail. Businesses would face a higher fine. Tragically, even if the Anti-Animal Abuse Law is passed, it wouldn't go into effect for years. The torture method is inhumane and sickening. For more information, contact www.animalasia.org ]]> Every once in awhile I get the Popcorn Park Zoo and Animal Sanctuary newsletter. Mostly it's full of heart wrenching photos and stories of animals that made it their care and some of the other shelters they're associated with. I always say, "Shit, not another one of these! I can't look inside." But I do anyway. It's full of info on legislation locally, nationwide and international. The purpose is to try to get the animals in the booklet adopted but they show some key legislation that passed regarding animals. This story of China struck me because I've seen how they kill animals for consumption. 20 years ago and the images still haunt me as if I saw it the first time. I'll never forget that. I hope they pass this and can enforce this and that the practice wanes from here too. Too many Chinese restaurants are found to be serving or storing dead cats to this day. I'm always suspect of the pork.

From the booklet:

Legislation has been introduced to ban the custom of eating dogs and cats and it is making it's way through the Chinese government since early 2010. This law would be the first of its kind in this country's history. Anyone caught eating this meat would face a fine and up to 15 days in jail. Businesses would face a higher fine. Tragically, even if the Anti-Animal Abuse Law is passed, it wouldn't go into effect for years. The torture method is inhumane and sickening. For more information, contact www.animalasia.org ]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2190.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:11:26 -0500 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2190.html Partners in Miami-Dade Receive $139,000 Grant from ASPCA


As part our national outreach efforts, last week the ASPCA granted $139,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida, and its partner animal welfare agencies. Miami-Dade joined the ASPCA Partnership program in October 2010, and its participating organizations include Miami-Dade Animal Services (the county’s only public, open-admission shelter); the Humane Society of Greater Miami (a private, not-for-profit limited-admission, adoption-guaranteed facility); and the Cat Network (a local spay/neuter, TNR and adoption group).

Our latest grant will support the partner agencies’ efforts to:

* Enlist veterinary medicine professionals to help identify areas for improvement in spay/neuter clinics;
* improve shelter medicine protocols;
* fine-tune agency operations;
* schedule special adoption events;
* fund staff positions to increase the number of lost pets reunited with their pet parents; and
* invest funds in the form of additional grants.

“More animals were adopted in Miami-Dade in 2010 than ever before, but our success continues to pale in comparison to our challenges,” says Dr. Sara Pizano, director of Miami-Dade Animal Services. “We are looking forward to launching improved programs and protocols in 2011 that will increase adoptions, reunite a greater number of lost pets with owners, and increase spay/neuter opportunities for the 37,000 animals expected to enter area shelters this year.”

In addition to Miami-Dade County, the ASPCA’s current partner communities are Austin, Buncombe County (North Carolina), Charleston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Shelby County (Alabama), Spokane and Tampa. The ASPCA’s investment in these partnerships—in the form of direct grants, capacity-building, training, ASPCA staff expertise and strategic planning—lasts from one to five years in each community. Since the ASPCA began its Partnership program in 2007, nearly one million animals have been adopted, returned to owners, or spay/neutered as a result of the exceptional collaboration among partner agencies in each community.

For more information about the ASPCA Partnership, please visit our Partnership pages online. Want to help save more animals in your town? Find out how your city can apply to become an ASPCA partner community. Hurry—the deadline for 2011 applications is February 15!]]> Partners in Miami-Dade Receive $139,000 Grant from ASPCA


As part our national outreach efforts, last week the ASPCA granted $139,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida, and its partner animal welfare agencies. Miami-Dade joined the ASPCA Partnership program in October 2010, and its participating organizations include Miami-Dade Animal Services (the county’s only public, open-admission shelter); the Humane Society of Greater Miami (a private, not-for-profit limited-admission, adoption-guaranteed facility); and the Cat Network (a local spay/neuter, TNR and adoption group).

Our latest grant will support the partner agencies’ efforts to:

* Enlist veterinary medicine professionals to help identify areas for improvement in spay/neuter clinics;
* improve shelter medicine protocols;
* fine-tune agency operations;
* schedule special adoption events;
* fund staff positions to increase the number of lost pets reunited with their pet parents; and
* invest funds in the form of additional grants.

“More animals were adopted in Miami-Dade in 2010 than ever before, but our success continues to pale in comparison to our challenges,” says Dr. Sara Pizano, director of Miami-Dade Animal Services. “We are looking forward to launching improved programs and protocols in 2011 that will increase adoptions, reunite a greater number of lost pets with owners, and increase spay/neuter opportunities for the 37,000 animals expected to enter area shelters this year.”

In addition to Miami-Dade County, the ASPCA’s current partner communities are Austin, Buncombe County (North Carolina), Charleston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, Shelby County (Alabama), Spokane and Tampa. The ASPCA’s investment in these partnerships—in the form of direct grants, capacity-building, training, ASPCA staff expertise and strategic planning—lasts from one to five years in each community. Since the ASPCA began its Partnership program in 2007, nearly one million animals have been adopted, returned to owners, or spay/neutered as a result of the exceptional collaboration among partner agencies in each community.

For more information about the ASPCA Partnership, please visit our Partnership pages online. Want to help save more animals in your town? Find out how your city can apply to become an ASPCA partner community. Hurry—the deadline for 2011 applications is February 15!]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2054.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:23:03 -0500 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2054.html Animal Abusers Make the A (abusers)- List <-clicky

Should personal information about convicted animal abusers be made available to the public, just as it is for sex offenders?

If a California bill is approved, the state will be the first in the U.S. to require adults convicted of animal cruelty felonies to register with their local police and provide their names, home addresses, places of employment and current photographs. That information, along with the offense, would be posted online. (The website pet-abuse.com currently offers a limited registry of animal abusers in the U.S.)

The bill, SB 1277, was introduced on February 19 by Dean Florez, the State Senate’s majority leader and chairman of the Food and Agriculture Committee. He wrote it with help from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), an animal-protection group that.... click the headline for the FULL story with links and pictures.]]> Animal Abusers Make the A (abusers)- List <-clicky

Should personal information about convicted animal abusers be made available to the public, just as it is for sex offenders?

If a California bill is approved, the state will be the first in the U.S. to require adults convicted of animal cruelty felonies to register with their local police and provide their names, home addresses, places of employment and current photographs. That information, along with the offense, would be posted online. (The website pet-abuse.com currently offers a limited registry of animal abusers in the U.S.)

The bill, SB 1277, was introduced on February 19 by Dean Florez, the State Senate’s majority leader and chairman of the Food and Agriculture Committee. He wrote it with help from the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), an animal-protection group that.... click the headline for the FULL story with links and pictures.]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2051.html Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:17:06 -0500 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-2051.html I apologize for not posting this here sooner. I posted this on another site awhile back this year and meant to put it here as well. I must have forgotten.

Suffolk County Approves Animal Abuse Registry


Frankie the chihauhua — the abused animal was rescued in a raid in Yaphank in June and is now awaitng adoption at a rescue shelter in Farmingville (Photo/Mona Rivera)
MonaRivera

Reporting Mona Rivera

NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS/ WCBS 880) – A new measure to create the nation’s first animal abuse registry has been approved in Suffolk County.

Those convicted of animal abuse charges would be required to be on the registry for five years.

Natalie DiTommasso’s Jack Russel Terrier, named Poppie, was rescued from a Suffolk County home where he was tortured.

“It’s very sad to think what he came from. I think of it every day,” DiTommasso said. “He’s in a loving home right now, [but] he still hides his food.”

The abuse of Poppie and other pets like him prompted an historic vote for animals, just passed by Suffolk County lawmakers and now garnering national attention.

“Just as sex offenders are on a registry, you should know who is living next door to you, if somebody is an animal abuser,” Chief Roy Gross, of the Suffolk County SPCA, said.

Chief Gross said the new Animal Protection Bill will include an instant background check. The name, address and photo of any convicted animal abuser will be made public on the registry for five years, in an attempt to stop individuals from preying on innocent animals.

So far this year in Suffolk County, 17 people have been brought up on animal abuse charges involving the mistreatment of 362 pets.

CLICK ME TO GO TO ORIGINAL STORY PAGE FOR VIDEO CLIP

“This will absolutely save the lives of innocent pets and animals, but there is, as I said, a correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence,” Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper said.

Cooper said that studies show animal abuse is often a precursor to abuse of people.

Some have criticized the harshness of making animal abusers’ identities public, and say you can’t compare them to sex offenders.

Others, though, don’t see it as controversial.

“Somebody can come in here with their best face on, and can appear on the surface to be a great home, and we could accidentally put a dog in a bad situation,” Michelle Mulnard-Curtin, of Second Chance Wildlife Rescue, said. “It’s a milestone for animal rescue people.”

Shelters like Second Chance, along with pet stores and breeders, would be banned from allowing abusers to adopt or buy.

The Animal Protection Bill will not burden taxpayers. It will be administered without cost to Suffolk County by the SPCA. Those on the list will have to pay a $50 annual fee to help fund the registry.]]> I apologize for not posting this here sooner. I posted this on another site awhile back this year and meant to put it here as well. I must have forgotten.

Suffolk County Approves Animal Abuse Registry


Frankie the chihauhua — the abused animal was rescued in a raid in Yaphank in June and is now awaitng adoption at a rescue shelter in Farmingville (Photo/Mona Rivera)
MonaRivera

Reporting Mona Rivera

NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS/ WCBS 880) – A new measure to create the nation’s first animal abuse registry has been approved in Suffolk County.

Those convicted of animal abuse charges would be required to be on the registry for five years.

Natalie DiTommasso’s Jack Russel Terrier, named Poppie, was rescued from a Suffolk County home where he was tortured.

“It’s very sad to think what he came from. I think of it every day,” DiTommasso said. “He’s in a loving home right now, [but] he still hides his food.”

The abuse of Poppie and other pets like him prompted an historic vote for animals, just passed by Suffolk County lawmakers and now garnering national attention.

“Just as sex offenders are on a registry, you should know who is living next door to you, if somebody is an animal abuser,” Chief Roy Gross, of the Suffolk County SPCA, said.

Chief Gross said the new Animal Protection Bill will include an instant background check. The name, address and photo of any convicted animal abuser will be made public on the registry for five years, in an attempt to stop individuals from preying on innocent animals.

So far this year in Suffolk County, 17 people have been brought up on animal abuse charges involving the mistreatment of 362 pets.

CLICK ME TO GO TO ORIGINAL STORY PAGE FOR VIDEO CLIP

“This will absolutely save the lives of innocent pets and animals, but there is, as I said, a correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence,” Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper said.

Cooper said that studies show animal abuse is often a precursor to abuse of people.

Some have criticized the harshness of making animal abusers’ identities public, and say you can’t compare them to sex offenders.

Others, though, don’t see it as controversial.

“Somebody can come in here with their best face on, and can appear on the surface to be a great home, and we could accidentally put a dog in a bad situation,” Michelle Mulnard-Curtin, of Second Chance Wildlife Rescue, said. “It’s a milestone for animal rescue people.”

Shelters like Second Chance, along with pet stores and breeders, would be banned from allowing abusers to adopt or buy.

The Animal Protection Bill will not burden taxpayers. It will be administered without cost to Suffolk County by the SPCA. Those on the list will have to pay a $50 annual fee to help fund the registry.]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1904.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:12:31 -0400 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1904.html
Are they kidding me? Being cruel is part of good farming? And when did dogs and cats become farm animals?

assholes.

Dogs Win Big on Election Day with Historic Victory in Missouri <--click for more related articles.



Fed up with their state’s reputation as the Puppy Mill Capital of America, Missourians hit the polls on Election Day to declare that enough is enough! On Tuesday, November 2, voters in the Show Me State passed the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, which appeared on their ballots as Proposition B. (Although policy reform is most often generated through state legislatures, Prop B was a citizen-supported initiative). It is an incredible victory, and one we hope will send a strong message to the governments of other states—namely, that the public wants better conditions for puppy mill dogs, and will take on the task of changing the law themselves if elected officials fail to act.

In the last three years, 15 states, including major puppy mill states such as Iowa, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, have passed laws to crack down on puppy mills. However, in no other state were the stakes higher for puppy mill dogs than Missouri.

Missouri’s weak laws regulating commercial kennels have made it a haven for substandard breeders. As home to one-third of all the commercial dog breeding facilities in the U.S.—as many as the next three largest dog breeding states combined—Missouri supplies more than 40 percent of all puppies sold in pet stores nationwide. No matter where you live, there’s a good chance that the puppies in the window of your local pet store came from a Missouri puppy mill. Implementation of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act will provide welcome relief to tens of thousands of adult breeding dogs—not to mention the approximately one million puppies born in Missouri kennels every year.

The new Missouri law, which becomes effective in one year, requires that dogs at these large-scale facilities be provided with sufficient food and clean water, regular veterinary care, adequate housing and space, and access to regular exercise. And with passage of Proposition B, Missouri becomes the fifth state—joining Louisiana, Oregon, Virginia and Washington—to create a limit on the number of intact, adult breeder dogs a commercial dog breeder may keep.

“Tuesday’s passage of Proposition B reflects a landmark achievement in the ongoing fight against animal cruelty,” says ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres. “We are proud to have worked diligently on this campaign, and we celebrate this victory alongside the caring citizens of Missouri. The ASPCA is committed to working with local animal welfare groups to help breeders transition to the new humane standards and find loving homes for any displaced Missouri breeding dogs.”

The ASPCA wishes to thank our supporters all over the country for helping us advocate for Proposition B to your friends and family in Missouri. This victory is the culmination of 18 months of work for the ASPCA and our partners in Missourians for the Protection of Dogs, and it is proof that when we join together to use our voices for animals, we will be heard! ]]>
Are they kidding me? Being cruel is part of good farming? And when did dogs and cats become farm animals?

assholes.

Dogs Win Big on Election Day with Historic Victory in Missouri <--click for more related articles.



Fed up with their state’s reputation as the Puppy Mill Capital of America, Missourians hit the polls on Election Day to declare that enough is enough! On Tuesday, November 2, voters in the Show Me State passed the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, which appeared on their ballots as Proposition B. (Although policy reform is most often generated through state legislatures, Prop B was a citizen-supported initiative). It is an incredible victory, and one we hope will send a strong message to the governments of other states—namely, that the public wants better conditions for puppy mill dogs, and will take on the task of changing the law themselves if elected officials fail to act.

In the last three years, 15 states, including major puppy mill states such as Iowa, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, have passed laws to crack down on puppy mills. However, in no other state were the stakes higher for puppy mill dogs than Missouri.

Missouri’s weak laws regulating commercial kennels have made it a haven for substandard breeders. As home to one-third of all the commercial dog breeding facilities in the U.S.—as many as the next three largest dog breeding states combined—Missouri supplies more than 40 percent of all puppies sold in pet stores nationwide. No matter where you live, there’s a good chance that the puppies in the window of your local pet store came from a Missouri puppy mill. Implementation of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act will provide welcome relief to tens of thousands of adult breeding dogs—not to mention the approximately one million puppies born in Missouri kennels every year.

The new Missouri law, which becomes effective in one year, requires that dogs at these large-scale facilities be provided with sufficient food and clean water, regular veterinary care, adequate housing and space, and access to regular exercise. And with passage of Proposition B, Missouri becomes the fifth state—joining Louisiana, Oregon, Virginia and Washington—to create a limit on the number of intact, adult breeder dogs a commercial dog breeder may keep.

“Tuesday’s passage of Proposition B reflects a landmark achievement in the ongoing fight against animal cruelty,” says ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres. “We are proud to have worked diligently on this campaign, and we celebrate this victory alongside the caring citizens of Missouri. The ASPCA is committed to working with local animal welfare groups to help breeders transition to the new humane standards and find loving homes for any displaced Missouri breeding dogs.”

The ASPCA wishes to thank our supporters all over the country for helping us advocate for Proposition B to your friends and family in Missouri. This victory is the culmination of 18 months of work for the ASPCA and our partners in Missourians for the Protection of Dogs, and it is proof that when we join together to use our voices for animals, we will be heard! ]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1586.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:43:38 -0400 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1586.html This is great news for all responsible bully breed owners in NY!

Victory: After Six Weeks, Long Island Town Repeals Breed Ban <-- click to go to page

<-- click to learn about breed specific legislation

On July 20, hundreds of outraged citizens, many of whom were accompanied by their dogs, attended a meeting of the Rockville Centre Village Board of Trustees in Nassau County, Long Island. The issue at hand was Local Law 9, a village ordinance banning the ownership of Rottweilers and dogs the Village deemed to be Pit Bulls. Since the law’s quiet passage on June 8, Rockville Centre had drawn significant attention from the region’s anti-BSL (breed-specific legislation) activists and become an unexpected focus of media interest. The pressure worked: the board, newly persuaded that the ordinance violated state law, voted to repeal it.

The ASPCA’s Stacy Wolf, Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel for Humane Law Enforcement, and Debora Bresch, Senior Director of Government Relations for the Eastern Region—both New York State-licensed attorneys and experts on BSL—drafted the ASPCA’s letter of opposition to Local Law 9 and submitted it to Rockville Centre’s mayor and village administrator. Among other points, the letter explained that the law was in direct violation of the State’s Agriculture and Markets Law Section 107 (5), which prohibits local governments from passing dangerous dog laws that are specific as to breed.

“New York State’s dangerous dog law was expressly intended to prevent local governments from singling out dogs for enhanced regulation based on breed,” says Bresch. “In addition, the Rockville Centre ordinance failed on constitutional grounds, failing to provide dog owners with sufficient due process to protect their interests in their dogs.”

It should be noted that Rockville Centre already has a dangerous dog law on its books. According to a village spokesperson who spoke with CBS News, passage of Local Law 9 was prompted by fear following unspecified “incidents,” none of which involved bites or formal police action (not a single report was filed).

The ASPCA is opposed to BSL, instead favoring comprehensive, breed-neutral dangerous dog laws. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to learn why BSL doesn’t work and what the ASPCA is doing to fight it.]]> This is great news for all responsible bully breed owners in NY!

Victory: After Six Weeks, Long Island Town Repeals Breed Ban <-- click to go to page

<-- click to learn about breed specific legislation

On July 20, hundreds of outraged citizens, many of whom were accompanied by their dogs, attended a meeting of the Rockville Centre Village Board of Trustees in Nassau County, Long Island. The issue at hand was Local Law 9, a village ordinance banning the ownership of Rottweilers and dogs the Village deemed to be Pit Bulls. Since the law’s quiet passage on June 8, Rockville Centre had drawn significant attention from the region’s anti-BSL (breed-specific legislation) activists and become an unexpected focus of media interest. The pressure worked: the board, newly persuaded that the ordinance violated state law, voted to repeal it.

The ASPCA’s Stacy Wolf, Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel for Humane Law Enforcement, and Debora Bresch, Senior Director of Government Relations for the Eastern Region—both New York State-licensed attorneys and experts on BSL—drafted the ASPCA’s letter of opposition to Local Law 9 and submitted it to Rockville Centre’s mayor and village administrator. Among other points, the letter explained that the law was in direct violation of the State’s Agriculture and Markets Law Section 107 (5), which prohibits local governments from passing dangerous dog laws that are specific as to breed.

“New York State’s dangerous dog law was expressly intended to prevent local governments from singling out dogs for enhanced regulation based on breed,” says Bresch. “In addition, the Rockville Centre ordinance failed on constitutional grounds, failing to provide dog owners with sufficient due process to protect their interests in their dogs.”

It should be noted that Rockville Centre already has a dangerous dog law on its books. According to a village spokesperson who spoke with CBS News, passage of Local Law 9 was prompted by fear following unspecified “incidents,” none of which involved bites or formal police action (not a single report was filed).

The ASPCA is opposed to BSL, instead favoring comprehensive, breed-neutral dangerous dog laws. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to learn why BSL doesn’t work and what the ASPCA is doing to fight it.]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1562.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:35:09 -0400 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1562.html USA: House Votes to Re-Criminalize Sale/Distro of Crush Videos

US H.R. 5566—Crush Act Amendment
Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and more than 260 others.
ASPCA Position: Support
Action Needed: None at this time


Update—July 21, 2010: This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 416-3 to approve H.R. 5566. While this is a great victory, the bill will not become law unless a companion version passes the Senate—and as of now, a Senate version does not exist. We will let you know if and when a Senate version is introduced so you can contact your U.S. senators in support of this important humane legislation.

On April 20, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in U.S. v. Stevens that the “Crush Act,” a 1999 federal law banning the creation, sale and possession of materials depicting genuine acts of animal cruelty, is unconstitutional and overbroad in its scope.

“Crush” fetish videos (also called "squish" videos) generally depict a woman’s feet as they crush to death small animals such as rodents and kittens. The Crush Act was intended to stop the creation and sale of these horrific videos depicting live animals being intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed.

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Representative Gallegly (R-CA) has introduced H.R. 5566. The new bill amends the Crush Act to give it a much narrower focus, but would still prohibit distributing, selling or offering to distribute or sell any depictions of animals being crushed, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or burned where such actions are illegal.

H.R. 5566 will help ensure that the crush video industry is not revitalized in the absence of any enforceable federal law. The original Crush Act was passed with little opposition—help us get this revision passed quickly, too.]]> USA: House Votes to Re-Criminalize Sale/Distro of Crush Videos

US H.R. 5566—Crush Act Amendment
Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and more than 260 others.
ASPCA Position: Support
Action Needed: None at this time


Update—July 21, 2010: This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 416-3 to approve H.R. 5566. While this is a great victory, the bill will not become law unless a companion version passes the Senate—and as of now, a Senate version does not exist. We will let you know if and when a Senate version is introduced so you can contact your U.S. senators in support of this important humane legislation.

On April 20, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in U.S. v. Stevens that the “Crush Act,” a 1999 federal law banning the creation, sale and possession of materials depicting genuine acts of animal cruelty, is unconstitutional and overbroad in its scope.

“Crush” fetish videos (also called "squish" videos) generally depict a woman’s feet as they crush to death small animals such as rodents and kittens. The Crush Act was intended to stop the creation and sale of these horrific videos depicting live animals being intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed.

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Representative Gallegly (R-CA) has introduced H.R. 5566. The new bill amends the Crush Act to give it a much narrower focus, but would still prohibit distributing, selling or offering to distribute or sell any depictions of animals being crushed, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or burned where such actions are illegal.

H.R. 5566 will help ensure that the crush video industry is not revitalized in the absence of any enforceable federal law. The original Crush Act was passed with little opposition—help us get this revision passed quickly, too.]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1563.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:53:29 -0500 Twitchin Kitten]]> https://twitchinkitten.com/thread-1563.html
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